On Wednesday, the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO) sent a letter to Congressional leaders, signed by Karen Gano, current president of NASCO’s board of directors, opposing efforts to repeal or weaken the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from endorsing, opposing, or contributing to the campaigns of people running for public office.
NASCO, an association of state charity regulators (including assistant attorneys general and other state officials), has taken formal positions with Congress only twice previously in its 38-year history. State charity offices have often been the enforcers of the statutes and regulations governing the affairs of charitable nonprofits, and they’ve become more primary in this role of lat